Typography | Final Compilation & Reflections

2023.09.26 - 2024.01.02 / Week 1 - Week 14

Tracy Angeline Tio / 0362222 / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media

Typography / Taylor's University

Final Compilation & Reflections

INSTRUCTIONS

Task 1 : Exercises

Task 2 : Typographic Exploration & Communications

Task 3 : Type Design & Communications

SUBMISSIONS

Task 1 | Exercises 1 : Type Expression

2023.09.26 - 2023.10.31 / Week 1 - Week 6

Fig 1.1 Final Type Expression (JPG) Week 3 10/10/2023

Fig 1.2 Final Type Expression (PDF) Week 3 10/10/2023

Fig 1.3 Final GIF Week 4 15/10/2023

Task 1 | Exercises 2 : Text Formatting

2023.09.26 - 2023.10.31 / Week 1 - Week 6

HEAD

Font/s: Adobe Caslon Pro Bold Italic
Type Size/s: 50 pt
Leading: 60 pt
Paragraph spacing: 0

BODY

Font/s: Bembo Std Regular
Type Size/s: 10 pt
Leading: 12 pt
Paragraph spacing: 12 pt
Characters per-line: 67 
Alignment: Justify with last aligned left

Margins : 127 mm top, bottom, inside, outside

Column : 2

Glutter : 0,4233 cm

Fig 1.4 Final Text Formatting (JPEG) Week 05 24/10/2023

Fig 1.5 Final Text Formatting (PDF) Week 05 24/10/2023

Fig 1.6 Final Text Formatting with (Grid- JPEG) Week 05 24/10/2023

Fig 1.7 Final Text Formatting with (Grid- PDF) Week 05 24/10/2023

Task 2 | Typographic Exploration & Communication

2023.10.31 - 2023.11.14 / Week 6 - Week 8

HEAD
Font/s: Futura Std Bold Condensed
Type Size/s: 148 pt (unite to),  129 pt (VISUALISE), 25 pt ( A BETTER WORLD)

Leading : 12 pt

Paragraph Spacing : 0 pt

BODY
Font/s: Janson Text Lt Std 55 Roman (Body Text), Univers Lt Std 63 Bold Extended Oblique (Sub Text)
Type Size/s: 12 pt (Body Text), 16 pt (Subtext)
Leading: 12 pt (Body Text), 19 pt (Subtext)
Paragraph spacing: 12 pt (Body Text)
Characters per-line: 66
Alignment: Justify with Last line Aligned Left

Margins: 10 mm (top, left, right, bottom)
Columns: 2
Gutter: 5 mm

Fig 1.8 Final Layout - Without Grid (JPEG) Week 07 06/11/2023

Fig 1.9 Final Layout - Without Grid (PDF) Week 07 06/11/2023

Fig 1.10 Final Layout - With Grid (JPEG) Week 07 06/11/2023

Fig 1.11 Final Layout - With Grid (PDF) Week 07 06/11/2023

Task 3 | Type Design & Communication

2023.11.14 - 2023.12.19 / Week 8 - Week 13

Download Link :https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Unm9mNkPpC9_fxUkFOjKzeGEvMHkmhbZ?usp=drive_link 

Screen Grab (Side Bearings) :

Fig 1.12 Screen Grab Progress Fontlab Week 13 18/12/2023

Final Font Preview (JPG, PDF) :

Fig 1.13 Final Task 3 : Type Design & Communication "eline" With Grid(JPG) Week 13 18/12/2023

Fig 1.14 Final Task 3 : Type Design & Communication "eline" (JPG) Week 13 18/12/2023

Fig 1.15 Final Task 3 : Type Design & Communication "eline" (PDF) Week 13 18/12/2023

Final Poster Preview (BnW) (JPG,PDF) :

Fig 1.16 Final Poster "eline" White (JPG) Week 13 19/12/2023

Fig 1.17 Final Poster "eline" Black (JPG) Week 13 19/12/2023

Fig 1.18 Final Poster "eline" White (PDF) Week 13 19/12/2023

Fig 1.19 Final Poster "eline" Black (PDF) Week 13 19/12/2023

REFLECTIONS

Experience

Through in my life, i never learn typography in advanced level. I just understanding about the basic and style to matches in Illustrations / Photography. Luckily in this class, I got a new discoveries on it. There were many aspects in Typography that we could learn especially the anatomy. from the task 1 until task 3, i gained a new information / techniques to use adobe ilustrator for example to made a shadow, pen and eraser tool to draw. Apart from that, there is an adobe in design where i could create a text formatting and stylish header. Lastly, i got introduced to used fontlab as an ending for last task.

Every week, I keep progressing accordingly to finish this task on time. There's a success and yet failure came every week. It's normal because as mr vinod said, there might be right or wrong. Every things that we do have a risk that we should take to develop the confidence, ability to creative thinking.  I've taken all the feedbacks given and understand it if it's might worthy for my task. 

At the end of the semester, I'm grateful for learning typography. Not only to gain a new experienced, but somehow it taught me to always be better and improved with my work. The atmosphere and the lectures vibes in the class act as initial preparations before entering the work because we had to seek the information ourself, not like in school where the teacher always reminds first.

Observation

I learned to pay attention into a small details in every task. As i said before that inside the Typography had many things we need to look out. The measurement, the repetition, and the spacing (kerning, tracking) of every letters is what i observe the most. Aside from the task, we should observed every environment like in the class. When the lectures gave them a feedback, we could follow up as a new lesson for us to reduce mistake. We could observe others work as a references to grow, not to copying it.

Findings

Typography is a mixed between font and expressions. It could gave a message from outside view, but it also a font with a measurement and a spesific details in every space of letter. Before learning typography, i only knew the message. Typography class got me a new findings about the font anatomy. There also many typeface given in the class that had a different means in each of it. For example, Bodoni could gave an elegant effects and Futura which had a thin line gave a strong modern vibes if used in poster. 

Lastly, I found this picture when studying font meaning. It is useful when we want to choose what font suit the best or we want to create it.

Fig 1.20 Psychology Behind Type Choice Week 13 19/12/2023